Scale of relief growth in the forearc of the Andes of Northern Chile (Arica latitude, 18°S)

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-223

  Schlunegger, Fritz ^a   Zeilinger, Gerold ^a   Kounov, Alexandre ^b   Kober, Florian ^c   Hüsser, Bernice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION RATE; FOREARC BASIN; RELIEF; UPLIFT;

ALTIPLANO; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33744832198     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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